Journal of World Business articles from December 1997

Journal of World Business archives from December 1997

Strategic investment flexibility for MNE success in Russia: evolving beyond entry modes. (multinational enterprises)
December 22, 1997... A decade has passed since the advent of perestroika, which marked a dramatic new era for doing business in Russia. Although many American companies had some involvement in the Former Soviet Union during the communist period, opportunities for...

Russia's true business performance: inviting to international business?
December 22, 1997... Russia's economic restructuring, which began with Mikhail S. Gorbachev's call for perestroika over a decade ago, has officially resulted in a free-falling economy and low consumer demand. According to Goskomstat, the agency responsible for...

Increasing returns: competing for customers in the global market.
December 22, 1997... Since the 1920s corporations have by and large been competing for customers with the same industrial structure and thinking, with the same technologies and products. (Drucker, 1993; Markides, 1997; Porter, 1997). Whilst no-one can deny that...

Expatriate assignment versus overseas experience: contrasting models of international human resource development.
December 22, 1997... In this paper we posit two contrasting models whereby international experience is: (1) obtained, and (2) used to support the development of career, company, and national competencies both within and outside the country in which the experience...

The internationalization of management knowledge dissemination: a dialectic.
December 22, 1997... More than any other stage in history, the late 1980s and early 1990s revolutionized international business by globalizing it. Economically and politically, the world changed more rapidly than in any other period. The European Community rushed...